So what are you playing now?

[Shawn]

I was just curious what everybody was up to these days as far what game(s) you are playing now or maybe one you just completed? I just traded in Virtual Tennis 3 and Battlestations Midway. VT3 was really good (B+) but didn't have the addictive nature of past VT games. I found the career mode too easy and the mini games to be a mix bag of "love it or hate it". All in all though there was some fun to be had. Battlestations is a game I played for about 5 hours and couldnt' get into it. I love stategy games but I couldn't get into this one.

Anyway...currently I am playing Lego Star Wars for the 360. It's ok but the gameplay is identical to the first one. I also picked up Ultimate Alliance and Lost Planet and I am looking forward to diving into those games too.

You have to love some of the promotions Gamestop has...extra $10 when you trade in two 360 games plus 10% more if you have a card and to top it all off it was buy 2 used games get 1 free.

I also just got GoW2...can't wait to dive into that. Sadly though...Guitar Hero 2 is collecting dust......sorry for the ramble.

Anybody playing Heatseekers?

[Linkdude]

I'm playing Call of Duty 3 even after I beat the easy thing on Veteran. Also Gears of War and some Crackdown.

[Atarifever1]

Right now I'm pretty much exclusively playing my 7800 and Flashback 2.  Mostly Asteroids 7800 and Pitfall.  I'm getting a couple Wii games when I go to the city, so I guess I'll be playing Sonic and the Secret Rings and one of Heatseekers or Metal Slug Anthology by this time next week. 


I find it funny how many games that I want fo the Wii are either Sega games, or games that remind m of Sega games.  After Secret Wings and Heatseekers (which looks like Afterburner) all I'm looking forward to is Nights and Alien Syndrome, and probably picking up Super Monkey Ball. 

[Shawn]

[QUOTE=Linkdude]I'm playing Call of Duty 3 even after I beat the easy thing on Veteran. Also Gears of War and some Crackdown.
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Have you played COD2? Most likely you have but if not pick it up, it's dirt cheap and I actually liked it  better then COD3.

[feilong801]

I'm playing Final Fantasy V for the GBA, and the original version of Final Fantasy VII. It's interesting to note the growth of the series by playing both games side by side.

I've been playing Ocarina of Time on the virtual console here and there.

However, I've been a bit busier of late, so the gaming for me has been a little bit sparse. I still have lots of Super Paper Mario to play. It's always a matter of time management! 

It also is definitely the case that I haven't had a game really GRAB me in awhile. So no game has me thinking, oh no, gotta stop everything to play it!

Super Paper Mario has that potential but I'm just not into it deep enough to write it off. Now, while I do think it is a high quality production, I think, maybe at the moment, that it might be a case of something being overhyped. But we'll see if I change my mind after I get through more of it. Right now I'm through the first couple of bosses.

Part of my deal with SPM, however, is that it still feels like a Mario RPG game: Best played on a handheld. When I play a game on the BIG screen, it sorta has to be "large" enough to fit the format.

I do want to get Heatseekers, though it'll be a "rental first" game. My friends are trying to get me to get on board with them to buy the new Forza game for the 360, and while I'm not a racing guy, the game does sound interesting. And, when you have friends all buying a game, there is that motivation to buy it also so you can play it with them online.

-Rob

[Leo Ames]

I regularly have been playing Outrun and Super Hang-On on the Sega Arcade Gallery GBA game. Also got a PSP a couple of days ago and I've been playing a lot of Activision Hits Remixed and Sega Genesis Collection unlocking stuff.

Going to fire up Gradius Collection, EA Replay, and Outrun 2006 for the PSP over the next few days. I'm pretty pleased so far besides Outrun 2006 controlling poorly with the sucky analog controls and a choppy frame rate the little I tried it. Hopefully I adjust because the Xbox and arcade versions were great. And I have a stuck pixel that I'll probably just put up with.

[Linkdude]

[QUOTE=Shawn]

[QUOTE=Linkdude]I'm playing Call of Duty 3 even after I beat the easy thing on Veteran. Also Gears of War and some Crackdown.
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Have you played COD2? Most likely you have but if not pick it up, it's dirt cheap and I actually liked it  better then COD3.
[/QUOTE]Yeah. COD2 is wayyyy better and I beat it on Veteran, which was pretty easy too. But COD3's multiplayer is HUGE.

[wur1]

I mainly have been playing compilations on the PSP: Gradius Collection, Genesis Collection and Capcom Classics Remixed.  Also I just finished Killzone Liberation, and am halfway through Syphon Filter Dark Mirror. (Killzone was great, and Syphon Filter is alright..)  I've been playing Me & My Katamari sporadically as well.

[Shawn]

[QUOTE=wur]I mainly have been playing compilations on the PSP: Gradius Collection, Genesis Collection and Capcom Classics Remixed.  Also I just finished Killzone Liberation, and am halfway through Syphon Filter Dark Mirror. (Killzone was great, and Syphon Filter is alright..)  I've been playing Me & My Katamari sporadically as well.
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I thought Syphon Filter was amazing, one of my favorite games of all time. I really enjoyed Killzone too. I have been dying to get something for my PSP. I love the system but man it has been a dry spell for Sony's handheld. I am pumped for  FF1 & 2 and Tactics coming out this Summer. One game I picked up for the PSP (cheap; $19.99) recently was Chili Con Carnage. Great concept and I was actually enjoying the game until I got to a "boss" battle I couldnt' get through. After about 20 tries I gave up and traded it in. I hate when that happens!!!! I have also been looking for a reason to buy a DS. Don't flame me for that statement. I owned one at once but traded it in. I found that most of the games weren't for me. Anyway, it seems the DS is going through a dry spell as well? Keep in mind I am not into Pokemon and Spectrobes. Although I think fans of Zelda should be pumped b/c I think the new one is coming out this Summer for the DS.

[Quill]

POKEMON!

I don't really know what it is... maybe it's just the nostalgia but since I've gotten it its really all I've played except when friends are over. It's pretty fun to battle and trade over the Wifi despite the friend code thing. I'm surprised no one else has been gushing over it or anything. Guess we're all a bit too mature for that?

Aside from that my friend and I just completed a little gem called Pandamar. Which just happens to be one of the biggest pieces of crap I've ever played. It's pretty much just a sprite hack of super mario bros. with bad music glitches and weird physics.